Sandwich plates actuated by a Kagome planar truss

Journal of Applied Mechanics, Transactions ASME

Volumn 71, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 652-662

  Wicks, N ^a   Hutchinson, J W ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTUATION; ISOTROPIC BENDING; SANDWICH PLATES;

BENDING (DEFORMATION); ELASTIC MODULI; KINEMATICS; SANDWICH STRUCTURES; SHEET METAL; STIFFNESS; STRAIN; STRESS ANALYSIS; TRUSSES;

PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS);

EID: 12344301255     PISSN: 00218936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.1778720     Document Type: Article

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